Saint Petersburg City Zoning Code

SECTION 16

20.040.- NEIGHBORHOOD SUBURBAN MOBILE HOME DISTRICT "NMH"7

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State Law reference— Mobile home tie-down requirements, F.S. § 320.8325; mobile home and recreational vehicle parks, F.S. ch. 513; factory-built housing, F.S. § 553.35 et seq.; mobile home park lot tenancies, F.S. ch. 723.

16.20.040.1.- Composition of neighborhood suburban mobile home.

Mobile home parks exist throughout the City. These zoning regulations allow mobile home parks to exist and allow mobile homes to be replaced with new mobile homes in mobile home parks.

(Code 1992, § 16.20.040.1; Ord. No. 876-G, § 5, 2-21-2008; Ord. No. 985-G, § 22, 7-15-2010)

16.20.040.2. - Purpose and intent.

The purpose of the NMH district regulations is to regulate the location of mobile homes in mobile home parks and to provide an adequate amount of space for each mobile home.

(Code 1992, § 16.20.040.2; Ord. No. 876-G, § 5, 2-21-2008; Ord. No. 985-G, § 23, 7-15-2010)

16.20.040.3. - Permitted uses.

Uses in this district shall be allowed as provided in the Matrix: Use Permissions and Parking Requirements.

(Code 1992, § 16.20.040.3; Ord. No. 876-G, § 5, 2-21-2008)

16.20.040.4. - Development potential.

Achieving maximum development potential will depend upon market forces, such as minimum desirable unit size, and development standards, such as minimum lot size, parking requirements, height restrictions and building setbacks.

Minimum Lot Size, Maximum Density and Maximum Intensity

	NMH
Minimum lot area (acres)	15
Maximum residential density (mobile home spaces per acre)	8
Maximum nonresidential intensity (floor area ratio)	0.30
Maximum impervious surface (site area ratio)	0.65
Minimum common open space (percent of site area)	10
Refer to technical standards regarding measurement of lot dimensions, calculation of maximum residential density, nonresidential floor area and impervious surface. For mixed use developments, refer to additional regulations within the use specific development standards section for mixed uses (currently section 16.50.200).

(Code 1992, § 16.20.040.4; Ord. No. 876-G, § 5, 2-21-2008; Ord. No. 166-H, § 3, 5-21-2015)

16.20.040.5. - Building envelope: Maximum height and minimum setbacks.

Maximum Building Height

Building Height	NMH
All buildings	20 ft.
Refer to technical standards regarding measurement of building height and height encroachments.

Minimum Building Setbacks

Building and Mobile Home Setbacks		NMH
Standards for the exterior perimeter of the mobile home park or subdivision	Sides (adjacent to streets)	40 ft.
	Interior yards (to mobile homes and buildings	10 ft.
	Interior yards (to accessory buildings or structures)	6 ft.
Standards for individual mobile home spaces	All sides	5 ft.
Additional criteria may affect setback requirements including design standards and building or fire codes. Refer to technical standards for yard types and setback encroachments.

(Code 1992, § 16.20.040.5; Ord. No. 876-G, § 5, 2-21-2008)

16.20.040.6. - Recreational vehicles.

If one or more mobile home spaces have been used to allow recreational vehicles to park temporarily and to be lived in onsite, then this use shall be a grandfathered use for up to ten percent of the total number of mobile home spaces or the actual number of spaces used for recreational vehicles, whichever is less. Use of any such space by a mobile home shall cause the grandfathering for the use of that space by a recreational vehicle to be abandoned.

(Ord. No. 985-G, § 24, 7-15-2010)